Tag Archives: Phototgraph

Getting To the Photographer’s Prize

Posted on October 14, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Getting To the Photographer’s Prizeby Michael DoyleIf you don’t want to be left in the lurchIt is always best to start with researchTrying to find the photo with something to sayCannot best be left to an improvised dayThere is not … Continue reading →

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Retroactive Kaleidoscope

Posted on April 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The optional objective for Day 17 of Na/GloPoWriMo 2020 is to write a poem incorporating a ‘forgotten’ technology. Well, my choice is not so much as forgotten but once a has been yet now a collectible among some. Retroactive … Continue reading →

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Turbo Charged

Posted on April 9, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

American History continues through the Kennedy presidency. Turbo Charged by Michael Doyle Nixon versus Kennedy; election 1960 Workhorse versus glamor; it hits me That the sleek athleticism of the New Frontier Was as distinctive as this election year The torch … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 1960, Affirmation, All Men Are Created Equal, American, American History, Assassination, Athlete, Bigotry, Calculation, Camelot, Charge, Chin, Christian, Civil Rights, Creed, Criticism, Cuban Missile Crisis, Dead, Death, Discipline, Duty, Election, Era, Essence, Expert, Fight, Flair, Founding Principles, Full Stop, Generation, Glamor, Hard Peace, Human Rights, John F Kennedy, Keynesian, Lead, Lee Harvey Oswald, Liberty, Lunar Landing, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr, Mean, Mellon, Message, Midnight, Missiles, Nation, Negotiate, New Frontier, Noble, Nuclear, Optimism, Paradox, Participation, Past, Peaceful Resistance, Persistence, Phototgraph, Piety, Poem, Poetry, Policy, Posterity, Presidency, Pressure, Price, Prosperity, Richad M Nixon, Sad, Segregation, Sobering Effect, Social Change, Soviets, Taxaation, Thought, Torch, Trouble Spots, Turbo, Two Minutes, Unity, USSR, Veneration, Workhorse, World | Leave a comment

Run of the Mill Hayride Halloween

Posted on October 31, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Halloween Poem #31: Run of the Mill Hayride Halloween by Michael Romani From the first snowflake that fell that day It was a near certainty that the tricks at play Would make every headless horseman see and know That this … Continue reading →

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A Hero’s Legacy

Posted on December 5, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Indelible character is a rarity. George H. Bush was just such a man of noble character. I didn’t always agree with him. Do know that he lost my vote once. But, never my belief that he is and was the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Decency, Dignity, Duty, Eulogy, George H Bush, Hero, Honor, Journey, Knight, Legacy, Life, Phototgraph, Poem, Poetry, President, Public Servant, Thousand Points of Light | Leave a comment

Rezz Day Poem For SliverLight GypsyHeart

Posted on October 26, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Her guy was out of town so I didn’t feel right taking photos of her to put up in my blog. Still, this lady has a wonderful music venue that is in SecondLife and she is about the nicest person … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bliss, Dance, Gifts, Gratitude, Happiness, Laughter, Music, Pearl Beach, Phototgraph, Poem, Poetry, Rezz Day, Second Life, SilverLight GypsyHeart, Song, Spirit of the Outback, Treasure, Tunes | Leave a comment

Warning Signs Unheeded

Posted on September 26, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on 2 Timothy 3:12 Warning Signs Unheeded by Michael Romani In my desire to live a Godly life I have opened myself up to strife From those who would prosecute And slander me to my ill repute … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Conviction, Courage, Darkness, Define, Discourage, Evidence, Expectation, Fealty, God, Godly Life, Greatness, Harm, Harshness, Ill Repute, Journey, Paul, Phototgraph, Poem, Poetry, Prosecute, Strife, Strong, Struggle, Suffer, Timothy, Trouble, Warning Sign | Leave a comment

Exclamation

Posted on July 5, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

As a would be writer and sometime poet and lyricist, language fascinates me. In these changing times, it seems even punctuation raises some interesting and provoking thoughts. Exclamation by Michael Romani Speaking in terms of hyper-inflation It isn’t just my … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Excitement, Exclamation, Jaded, Language, Phototgraph, Poem, Poetry, Puncuation | Leave a comment

Can’t Keep Barbie Down

Posted on May 6, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Can’t Keep Barbie Down by Michael Romani I’m going to submit it Even the sky isn’t the limit No; Not at all Not for Ms. Barbie Doll Sometimes it’s good to be alive Particularly back in Nineteen Sixty Five When … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Barbie, Doll, Fashion, Girl Power, Girls, Glass Ceiling, Jumpsuit, Limits, Microcosm, Outer Space, Phototgraph, Poem, Poetry, Sky | Leave a comment

Na/GloPoWriMo 11: Solo Deo Gloria

Posted on April 11, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

The Na/GloPoWriMo Day 11 challenge is a nebulous subject of what might my state of the union be about my life in the future. I live a lot in the moment. I suppose that I nearly always have. This is … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Daddy, Daughters, Family, God, Living A Prayer, Na/GloPoWriMo, Phototgraph, Poem, Poetry, Solo Deo Gloria, Tomorow, Yesterday | Leave a comment